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Independence Day victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg inspired Lincoln to declare a new birth of freedom for a traumatized nation. Shortly before dawn on July 4, 1863, Abraham Lincoln learned that Confederate forces were in retreat after a bloody three-day battle at the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. Though details were sketchy, Lincoln could finally …
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